The lift, see here from the north side, was powered by a water wheel in the Wasi River, whose outlet can be seen on the right below the lift.The "JR Booth" was the only engine to work the N&N, an unusually large engine for a lumber railway.
The line was completed in August 1884 and initially operated as a private line. However, when the Northern and Pacific Junction Railway (N&PJ) began construction of their north-south line in the same area, Booth officially chartered the N&N in March 1886.[5] The N&PJ had already secured crossing rights, but had to renegotiate them with the newly chartered N&N. The N&PJ, the joint project of the Northern Railway of Canada and the Hamilton and North Western Railway,[6] were not amused. Their negotiation position was to threaten to rip up the N&N tracks. Booth responded by purchasing a diamond intersection and giving it to the Northern to install. However, the N&N retained the crossing rights, which allowed them to hold up Northern traffic at their leisure.[7]
Traffic on the line was initially very busy, with the single locomotive hauling a train of 22 flatbed cars back and forth between the two ends. When it arrived at the western end with the empty train, it would drop the empty cars off on a siding, then switch to the mainline to pull eleven filled cars out onto the line, drawing another eleven into the loading station. Once these were loaded the train left for the eastern end while the empty cars are pulled into the station by hand. At the eastern end the logs were simply rolled down into Nosbonsing, the entire operation taking two men only two and a half minutes. Typically ten trips were made per day, with a total of 4,000 logs.[3] The rate increased to 14 a day at one point, at which point the crews went on strike.[7]
This railway was abandoned in 1912 with the ending of major logging operations in the area. The charter of the N&N was transferred to Booth's Egan Estates Railway, near Madawaska. In 1914, the original N&N railbed was used as the basis for Booth Road.[7]
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Nipissing is the lower of the two lakes, with a steep embankment on its eastern side that leads upward to a table of land. From there to Nosbonsing the land remains fairly flat. A 150 foot (46 m) long jack ladder was built at Nipissing to haul logs up the 65 foot (20 m) bank into a large loading station, a roofed but otherwise open building 220 by 45 foot (67 m × 14 m). The ladder was powered by a 44 inches (1,100 mm) waterwheel in a large flume with water supplied from the adjacent Wasi River, which also drove a pump when needed for fire fighting or refilling the locomotive.[7]
Today the route has a number of names, starting as Wasi Falls Road at the west end, becoming Route 654 until it crosses Ontario Highway 11 where it becomes Lake Nosbonsing Road, and finally becoming Booth Road again just short of the eastern end at Lake Nosbonsing in the town of Astorville.
Churcher, Colin. "The Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages.
Mackey, Doug (10 November 2000). "Jackladder, railway great investments for Booth". Past Forward Heritage.
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The Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway N amp N was a portage railway constructed by Ottawa lumber baron John Rudolphus Booth 1 The 5 5 mile 8 9 km line connected Lake Nipissing with Lake Nosbonsing 2 to allow lumber to be portaged onto the Mattawa River and from there to the Ottawa River 3 It allowed timber from a wide area across central Ontario to be sent to Booth s mill in Ottawa at that time the largest sawmill in the world 4 Nosbonsing and Nipissing RailwayThe N amp N s western terminus was this log lift at Lake Nipissing OverviewReporting markN amp NLocaleNipissing District Ontario CanadaDates of operation1884 1884 1912 1912 SuccessorEgan Estates RailwayTechnicalLength5 5 mi 8 9 km The lift see here from the north side was powered by a water wheel in the Wasi River whose outlet can be seen on the right below the lift The JR Booth was the only engine to work the N amp N an unusually large engine for a lumber railway Contents 1 History 2 Route 3 See also 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Bibliography 5 External linksHistory editThe line was completed in August 1884 and initially operated as a private line However when the Northern and Pacific Junction Railway N amp PJ began construction of their north south line in the same area Booth officially chartered the N amp N in March 1886 5 The N amp PJ had already secured crossing rights but had to renegotiate them with the newly chartered N amp N The N amp PJ the joint project of the Northern Railway of Canada and the Hamilton and North Western Railway 6 were not amused Their negotiation position was to threaten to rip up the N amp N tracks Booth responded by purchasing a diamond intersection and giving it to the Northern to install However the N amp N retained the crossing rights which allowed them to hold up Northern traffic at their leisure 7 Traffic on the line was initially very busy with the single locomotive hauling a train of 22 flatbed cars back and forth between the two ends When it arrived at the western end with the empty train it would drop the empty cars off on a siding then switch to the mainline to pull eleven filled cars out onto the line drawing another eleven into the loading station Once these were loaded the train left for the eastern end while the empty cars are pulled into the station by hand At the eastern end the logs were simply rolled down into Nosbonsing the entire operation taking two men only two and a half minutes Typically ten trips were made per day with a total of 4 000 logs 3 The rate increased to 14 a day at one point at which point the crews went on strike 7 This railway was abandoned in 1912 with the ending of major logging operations in the area The charter of the N amp N was transferred to Booth s Egan Estates Railway near Madawaska In 1914 the original N amp N railbed was used as the basis for Booth Road 7 Route editNipissing is the lower of the two lakes with a steep embankment on its eastern side that leads upward to a table of land From there to Nosbonsing the land remains fairly flat A 150 foot 46 m long jack ladder was built at Nipissing to haul logs up the 65 foot 20 m bank into a large loading station a roofed but otherwise open building 220 by 45 foot 67 m 14 m The ladder was powered by a 44 inches 1 100 mm waterwheel in a large flume with water supplied from the adjacent Wasi River which also drove a pump when needed for fire fighting or refilling the locomotive 7 Today the route has a number of names starting as Wasi Falls Road at the west end becoming Route 654 until it crosses Ontario Highway 11 where it becomes Lake Nosbonsing Road and finally becoming Booth Road again just short of the eastern end at Lake Nosbonsing in the town of Astorville See also edit nbsp Railways portal nbsp Ontario portal Egan Estates Railway Northern and Pacific Junction Railway List of Ontario railways List of defunct Canadian railwaysReferences editCitations edit Westhouse Brian Old Time Trains History of Logging and Lumber Railways in Ontario Retrieved 2010 05 12 Annual Report of the Department of Railways and Canals Department of Railways and Canals 1895 p 403 a b Churcher Track and Tower brochure Friends of Algonquin Park An Act to Incorporate the Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway Company S O 1886 c 74 Charles Cooper s Railway Pages Northern Railway of Canada Group a b c d Past Bibliography edit Churcher Colin The Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway Colin Churcher s Railway Pages Mackey Doug 10 November 2000 Jackladder railway great investments for Booth Past Forward Heritage External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway Nosbonsing amp Nipissing Railway on Trainweb org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway amp oldid 1110664672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
